Explorations in the social history of modern Central Asia (19th-early 20th century) / edited by Paolo Sartori.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sartori, Paolo, 1975-

Series:

Brill's Inner Asian library ; volume 29.

Brill's Inner Asian library, 1566-7162 ; volume 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Manners and customs.

History.

Asia, Central--History--19th century.

Asia, Central.

Asia, Central--History--20th century.

Asia, Central--Social life and customs.

Asia, Central--Social conditions.

Central Asia.

Social conditions.

Physical Description:

xiii, 333 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, 2013.

Contents:

Introduction: On the Social in Central Asian History : Notes in the Margins of Legal Records / Paolo Sartori

Amlakdars, Khwajas and Mulk Land in the Zarafshan Valley after the Russian Conquest / Alexander Morrison

Managing Rural Landscapes in Colonial Turkestan : A View from the Margins / Beatrice Penati

Who Should Manage the Water of the Amu-Darya? : Controversy over Irrigation Concessions between Russia and Khiva, 1913-1914 / Akifumi Shioya

High Rank and Power among the Northern Kirghiz : Terms and Their Problems, 1845-1864 / Daniel G. Prior

Performance and Poetics in Kyrgyz Memorial Feasts : The Discursive Construction of Identity Categories / Svetlana Jacquesson

Using Turki-Language Qazaq Letters to Reconstruct Local Political History of the 1820s-30s / Virginia Martin

A Month among the Qazaqs in the Emirate of Bukhara : Observations on Islamic Knowledge in a Nomadic Environment / Allen J. Frank

Creating the Facade of a Despotic State : On Aqsaqals in Late 19th-Century Bukhara / Andreas Wilde

Fathers and Sons : Re-Readings in a Samarqandi Private Archive / Thomas Welsford.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004248434

9004248439

OCLC:

844774325